Re: [Mingw-users] Compiling issues with MSYS/MinGW

[Keith H. <kei...@gm...>]

Hi Ralf

> > I'm having problems compiling libpqxx on a winxp machine using msys/mingw.
> >
> > sh-2.04$ ./configure
> > 1.0
> > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
> > configure: error: ls -t appears to fail.  Make sure there is not a broken
> > alias in your environment
> > configure: error: newly created file is older than distributed files!
> > Check your system clock
> > sed: 1: "s/^/([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9...": bad flag in substitute command: ')'
> > sed: 1: "/dev/fs/C/msys/1.0/^[_ab...": invalid command code f
>
> Those errors are probably from Autoconf and Automake macros.  Which
> versions of these tools were used?  The commands
>   ./configure --version

sh-2.04$ ./configure --version
1.0
c:\WINDOWS\system32\cat.exe
c:\WINDOWS\system32\cat.exe

>   head Makefile.in
sh-2.04$ head Makefile.in
# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.9.6 from Makefile.am.
# @configure_input@

# Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
# 2003, 2004, 2005  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This Makefile.in is free software; the Free Software Foundation
# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.

# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>
> should reveal this.
>
> It may be helpful to see the exact package you have tried.  Could you
> provide a URL to it?
>
msys
http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mingw/MSYS-1.0.11-2004.04.30-1.exe

mingw ...
http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/MinGW-5.0.2.exe?download

libpqxx
ftp://thaiopensource.org/software/libpqxx/libpqxx-2.6.7.tar.gz

grep
http://optusnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnuwin32/grep-2.5.1a-bin.zip
installed into c:\msys\1.0\bin ... but there was no grep there ...

sh-2.04$ grep
Turbo GREP 5.5 Copyright (c) 1992, 1999 Inprise Corporation
Syntax:  GREP [-rlcnvidzuwo] searchstring file[s] or @filelist
         GREP ? for help

mktemp
http://optusnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnuwin32/mktemp-1.5-2-bin.zip
installed/copied into c:\msys\1.0\bin .. there there was no mktemp there ...

> > > configure: error: ls -t appears to fail.
> > ls -t works from the shell so what alias would it be pointing to
>

> Could be messed up time stamps in the tarball.  Or a wrong system time.
sh-2.04$ date
Wed Aug 30 18:01:09 EST 2006

sh-2.04$ ls -l
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is C415-8F97

 Directory of c:\usr\src\libpqxx-2.6.7

30/08/2006  17:57     <DIR>          .
30/08/2006  17:57     <DIR>          ..
18/06/2006  17:48            261,532 aclocal.m4
11/02/2006  18:55                182 AUTHORS
14/05/2006  15:14              1,714 autogen.sh
10/06/2006  18:49            150,664 ChangeLog
30/08/2006  14:30     <DIR>          config
30/08/2006  17:57              3,793 config.log
10/06/2006  07:12              1,799 configitems
18/06/2006  17:48            838,767 configure
18/06/2006  17:47             25,578 configure.ac
10/06/2006  17:55             25,610 configure.ac.in
11/02/2006  18:55              1,448 COPYING
30/08/2006  14:30     <DIR>          debian
30/08/2006  14:30     <DIR>          doc
30/08/2006  14:30     <DIR>          include
11/02/2006  18:55              7,831 INSTALL
11/02/2006  18:55                282 libpqxx.pc.in
18/06/2006  18:40              2,145 libpqxx.spec
28/05/2006  23:34              2,149 libpqxx.spec.in
11/02/2006  18:55                376 Makefile.am
18/06/2006  17:48             22,071 Makefile.in
30/08/2006  16:30              4,414 MinGW.mak
10/06/2006  17:22             23,581 NEWS
11/02/2006  18:55                993 pqxx-config.in
07/03/2006  03:31             20,661 README
11/02/2006  18:55              8,021 README-UPGRADE
30/08/2006  14:30     <DIR>          src
30/08/2006  14:30     <DIR>          test
10/06/2006  07:03              1,541 TODO
30/08/2006  14:30     <DIR>          tools
27/05/2006  21:31                 18 VERSION
30/08/2006  16:49     <DIR>          win32
              23 File(s)      1,405,170 bytes
              10 Dir(s)  27,955,515,392 bytes free
sh-2.04$

>
> > >configure: error: newly created file is older than distributed files!
> > >Check your system clock
> > Any ideas what file does this refers to?
>
> See above.
>
> > >sed: 1: "s/^/([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9...": bad flag in substitute command: ')'
> > Any ideas what the bad flag is?
>
> Looks like a broken sed script to me; but I need to see the code to find
> out where it comes from.
>
> > >sed: 1: "/dev/fs/C/msys/1.0/^[_ab...": invalid command code f
> > Any ideas why f is a invalid command code?


>
> Likewise.

Thanks for your help, I've been on this for a while ... :-)

-- 
Keith Hutchison
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